2009-05-28

Costa Rica needs to dramatically increase its infrastructure investment if it wants to be on a competitive footing with neighboring countries, local IDB representative Fernando Quevedo told BNamericas.

2009-05-28

Half of private equity managers polled by Deloitte expect investments in Latin America to grow over the next year, as an eventual correction in the valuation of privately held companies would create attractive opportunities, according to Deloitte's first Latin American private equity confidence surv...

2009-05-27

The Chilean public works ministry's (MOP) plans to launch a tender for the concession of the Antofagasta-Mejillones highway in northern region II have been delayed by national environmental authority Conama's evaluation process, a MOP official told BNamericas.

2009-05-27

Cargo handled at Mexico's Veracruz state port totaled 4.9Mt in the first four months of 2009, a 12.4% year-on-year decrease from 5.6Mt, according to port administrator API Veracruz, Chilean specialized website Mundo Marítimo reported.

2009-05-27

Peru's Grupo Andino, which controls logistics operator Neptunia, is interested in port and airport concessions, Neptunia's general manager Carlos Vargas said, according to state news agency Andina.

2009-05-27

São Paulo state port authority Codesp will hold a public hearing on June 10 regarding the process of granting a lease for an area on Barnabé island, on the left bank of Santos port, according to a Codesp release.

2009-05-26

Brazil's Cabo Frio international airport in Rio de Janeiro state is now receiving flights from local airline Absa Cargo, according to an Absa release.

2009-05-26

The municipality of Chilean coastal city Viña del Mar, in central region V, will launch in June the tender for the construction of a new road bridge over the Marga-Marga watercourse, a transport ministry official confirmed to BNamericas, commenting on press reports.